Evaluation of the Performance of a Nickel/Alumina Catalyst Under Different Operating Conditions to Produce Hydrogen by Aqueous Phase Methanol Reforming (APR)

 

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلفون: Cartín Muñoz, Felipe, Ulate Brenes, Mauricio Adolfo
التنسيق: artículo original
الحالة:Versión publicada
تاريخ النشر:2019
الوصف:The main objective of this study was to determinate the effect of the temperature, methanol concentration and catalyst ratio, in the rate of hydrogen production, using aqueous phase reforming reaction. The catalyst used was impregnated nickel in commercial alumina. The catalyst was produced by the incipient impregnation method. After it, was calcined, and reduced, using hydrogen (5 %), with a flow of 250x10-3 l·min-1, at 723.15 K (450 °C) and for 4 h. The synthesized catalyst was characterized, and the surface area, crystallinity and composition were determined, as well as micrographs were taken to verify its morphology. To find the effect of the variables in the rate of hydrogen production, a Taguchi L8 statistical design was used, with three variables and two levels: temperature 473.15 K y 498.15 K, methanol concentration 2% v/v y 6% v/v; and catalyst fraction used 2,5 % m/m y 5 % m/m.   It was found that the catalyst used has an area of 88 m2/ g, with little crystallinity, being considered amorphous, with a nickel percentage approximately of 3%, as selected in the methodology. According to the statistical design, it was observed that only the temperature is significant in the rate of hydrogen production and the optimal temperature that favors hydrogen production is 498.15 K, while the concentration of methanol or amount of catalyst is not significant in the APR process.
البلد:Portal de Revistas UCR
المؤسسة:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
اللغة:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/38900
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/38900
كلمة مفتاحية:APR
Aqueous phase reforming
Methanol
Nickel catalysts
Alumina
H2 production
Metanol
Reformado en fase acuosa
Producción de hidrógeno
Catalizador niquel-alúmina